Characterization of Cerebellar Ataxia in Chronic Alcoholics Using the International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS)

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1942-1951

  Fitzpatrick, Lauren E ^a   Jackson, Martin ^a   Crowe, Simon F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcoholic Cerebellar Degeneration; Ataxia; Cerebellum; International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ATAXIA RATING SCALE; KINETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH;

ADULT; ALCOHOLICS; ALCOHOLISM; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84868191545     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01821.x     Document Type: Article

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